decadentjon Posted May 2, 2008 Report Share Posted May 2, 2008 I started this about a month ago. as a gift for my best mate/bass player in my band. He has been playing a shitty mexican p-bass for ages, and while he has no problem putting money towards ridiculously loud bass rigs i wanted him to be playing one of my instruments on stage. He said "I want something that looks a bit like this (pbass) and it matte-blackish, but you choose the rest" Swamp ash body Wenge neck, ebony fretboard 34" scale 22 jumbo frets hipshot ultralite tuners duncan quarter pounder pickup. badass II bridge tung oil finish- black grain fill then all stained black. sorta rushed through it a bit yesterday. until yesterday morning it was rough shaped neck and a rough body cut. got a show tonight to test with, also another one tomorrow. it sounds huge acoustically. haven't heard it through his rig yet. needless to say hes happy with it. a couple weeks to get used to it then into the studio to record an album. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
decadentjon Posted May 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2008 i've just realized. i said twists... there really aren't twists. i just wanted you to look. im sorry :S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Buttman Posted May 2, 2008 Report Share Posted May 2, 2008 Beautiful clean building. Venge neck is incredible Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
black_labb Posted May 2, 2008 Report Share Posted May 2, 2008 really like that. i want to make a p bass with a 1pc wenge neck. really like the way it all fits together. how did you find the tone with an ebony fretboard and wenge neck? probably pretty different to say without having the same pickup in another p bass though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan316 Posted May 2, 2008 Report Share Posted May 2, 2008 Aww hell. Aww HELL. That body looks fantastic. ARGH I get far too many great ideas here, and not enough time/wood to try them all!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
decadentjon Posted May 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2008 after a first gig with it i'm loving the sound, so much more attack and sustain than the other bass. the wenge/ash/ebony is all set to be pretty bright but it sounds fat and defined too. we play pretty heavy math-ish rock stuff and i'm a big fan of a bunch of bands that use travis bean's and the like, not nearly as extreme as that but its got some snap to it. very happy indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bygde Posted May 3, 2008 Report Share Posted May 3, 2008 The colour of the body didn't really do it for me. Otherwise, it's lookin' great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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